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‎What can we learn from this?

24.51.197.187: XKCD's unexpected life's lessons.

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XKCD's unexpected life's lessons.

74.92.219.153 at 14:49, 22 February 2013

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Schmammel at 04:48, 21 February 2013

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Waldir: links

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77.99.26.23 at 17:43, 19 February 2013

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86.82.116.63 at 16:30, 19 February 2013

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	I wish this was real. <span style="color:purple;">Check Please!</span> [[User:StillNotOriginal\|Still<sup>Not<sub>Original</sub></sup>]] ([[User talk:StillNotOriginal\|Talk to me!]]) 11:37, 19 May 2018 (UTC)		I wish this was real. <span style="color:purple;">Check Please!</span> [[User:StillNotOriginal\|Still<sup>Not<sub>Original</sub></sup>]] ([[User talk:StillNotOriginal\|Talk to me!]]) 11:37, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
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		+	:It absolutely is! Not widespread yet but this looks like the way to do it: [https://www.treehugger.com/accel-moving-sidewalk-thyssenkrupp-dream-come-true-4857390 ''ACCEL'' by ThyssenKrupp]. It seems to be easy to use and reliable. [[User:ChaoticNeutralCzech\|ChaoticNeutralCzech]] ([[User talk:ChaoticNeutralCzech\|talk]]) 15:45, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

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 I wonder, what is the pace of the centerbelt? Is it 5x, 6x or maybe about 5x where that belt start, accelerating to 7x (or even more?) at the high five location and then slowing down till about 5x at the end? [[Special:Contributions/86.82.116.63|86.82.116.63]] 16:30, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
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+;What can we learn from this?
 I've learned that imagination is fun yet again (XKCD, you keep making us learn this same lesson, over the over again, is it your hint that others just don't get it?). And something new I've learned is that implementation of a great idea may result in some broken bones before it's completed (thanks for that new lesson, Mr. XKCD!) - e-inspired [[Special:Contributions/24.51.197.187|24.51.197.187]] 19:13, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 I wish this was real. <span style="color:purple;">Check Please!</span> [[User:StillNotOriginal|Still<sup>Not<sub>Original</sub></sup>]] ([[User talk:StillNotOriginal|Talk to me!]]) 11:37, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

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	==What can we learn from this?==		==What can we learn from this?==
	I've learned that imagination is fun yet again (XKCD, you keep making us learn this same lesson, over the over again, is it your hint that others just don't get it?). And something new I've learned is that implementation of a great idea may result in some broken bones before it's completed (thanks for that new lesson, Mr. XKCD!) - e-inspired [[Special:Contributions/24.51.197.187\|24.51.197.187]] 19:13, 27 February 2013 (UTC)		I've learned that imagination is fun yet again (XKCD, you keep making us learn this same lesson, over the over again, is it your hint that others just don't get it?). And something new I've learned is that implementation of a great idea may result in some broken bones before it's completed (thanks for that new lesson, Mr. XKCD!) - e-inspired [[Special:Contributions/24.51.197.187\|24.51.197.187]] 19:13, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
		+	I wish this was real. <span style="color:purple;">Check Please!</span> [[User:StillNotOriginal\|Still<sup>Not<sub>Original</sub></sup>]] ([[User talk:StillNotOriginal\|Talk to me!]]) 11:37, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

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	==What can we learn from this?==		==What can we learn from this?==
−	I've learned that ~~imagine~~ is fun yet again (XKCD, you keep making us learn this same lesson, over the over again, is it your hint that we just don't get it?). And something new I've learned is that implementation of a great idea may result in some broken bones before it's completed (thanks for that new lesson, Mr. XKCD!) - e-inspired [[Special:Contributions/24.51.197.187\|24.51.197.187]] 19:13, 27 February 2013 (UTC)	+	I've learned that imagination is fun yet again (XKCD, you keep making us learn this same lesson, over the over again, is it your hint that others just don't get it?). And something new I've learned is that implementation of a great idea may result in some broken bones before it's completed (thanks for that new lesson, Mr. XKCD!) - e-inspired [[Special:Contributions/24.51.197.187\|24.51.197.187]] 19:13, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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	I wonder, what is the pace of the centerbelt? Is it 5x, 6x or maybe about 5x where that belt start, accelerating to 7x (or even more?) at the high five location and then slowing down till about 5x at the end? [[Special:Contributions/86.82.116.63\|86.82.116.63]] 16:30, 19 February 2013 (UTC)		I wonder, what is the pace of the centerbelt? Is it 5x, 6x or maybe about 5x where that belt start, accelerating to 7x (or even more?) at the high five location and then slowing down till about 5x at the end? [[Special:Contributions/86.82.116.63\|86.82.116.63]] 16:30, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
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		+	==What can we learn from this?==
		+	I've learned that imagine is fun yet again (XKCD, you keep making us learn this same lesson, over the over again, is it your hint that we just don't get it?). And something new I've learned is that implementation of a great idea may result in some broken bones before it's completed (thanks for that new lesson, Mr. XKCD!) - e-inspired [[Special:Contributions/24.51.197.187\|24.51.197.187]] 19:13, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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 Isn't "of" suppose to be "off" in the title text? {{unsigned|67.161.114.84}}
+:No... Why would it be? That doesn't make any sense.[[Special:Contributions/74.92.219.153|74.92.219.153]] 14:49, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 Do anybody know examples of such belts.   The ones I recall has all one-speed-only [[User:Spongebog|Spongebog]] ([[User talk:Spongebog|talk]]) 10:43, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

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 ::[[User:Wwoods|Wwoods]] ([[User talk:Wwoods|talk]]) 20:30, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
-Seriously, they're playing a game of Robo Rally [[User:schmammel|talk]]
+Seriously, they're playing a game of Robo Rally[[User:Schmammel|Schmammel]] ([[User talk:Schmammel|talk]]) 04:48, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 I would love to see this sidewalk placed in a Bison habitat.[[Special:Contributions/94.191.187.81|94.191.187.81]] 05:04, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

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 I'm not quite sure what the joke here is supposed to be. Many have tried to develop variable speed walkways, as one can see in [http://worldwide.espacenet.com/searchResults?page=0&compact=false&ST=advanced&locale=en_EP&DB=EPODOC&CPC=B66B23%2f26%2flow patents]. There was even a pair of these that were installed circa Y2K in the Paris subway (Châtelet-Les-Halles, IIRC), which is renowned for its long passageways. It is AFAIK no longer in service, I don't know why. When I saw it an attendant was present to watch over for making sure that users wouln't fall. This contraption is way more complicated than standard rubber-belt conveyors with its meshing steps. --[[Special:Contributions/70.52.115.181|70.52.115.181]] 15:59, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 I know what I'm building this weekend... [[Special:Contributions/207.237.164.241|207.237.164.241]] 06:22, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
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 Do anybody know examples of such belts.   The ones I recall has all one-speed-only [[User:Spongebog|Spongebog]] ([[User talk:Spongebog|talk]]) 10:43, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 : At Toronto Airport they have double speed moving sidewalks, that accelerate by stretching the panels. --[[User:Johnsmith|Johnsmith]] ([[User talk:Johnsmith|talk]]) 08:43, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
+:: Here's a video. Pretty neat concept! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9k1K5M2Mkw --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 02:06, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 I was under the impression (from the alt-text), that they would take the belts inward traveling faster until they hi-five. Then, as they sped away, they would change sides and repeat the process. 10:56, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

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 :: Has the picture changed? Now it seems as if they where going faster to the middle. --[[User:Johnsmith|Johnsmith]] ([[User talk:Johnsmith|talk]]) 08:48, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
-There doesn't appear to be any 'trick' to this one. Like the commenter above, I initially thought they were being taken towards each other by the conveyers. I thought the joke was that they would be accelerated to a ridiculous speed which would make it impossible to high five without obliterating each other, but the alt text didn't indicate anything like this and I looked again and realised I had read way too much into it. It's probably most sensible to interpret the speed multiples as relating to the first belts, not the last one you were on. This makes the difference between the '5x' belts going at 5x the speed of the outer ones, instead of 100x if each was the specified multiple of the last. If this alternative situation were the case, the outer belts would have to be going very slowly (of the order of 0.1m/s) for them to ever be able to high five. [[Special:Contributions/77.99.26.23|77.99.26.23]] 12:00, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
+There doesn't appear to be any 'trick' to this one. Like the commenter above, I initially thought they were being taken towards each other by the conveyors. I thought the joke was that they would be accelerated to a ridiculous speed which would make it impossible to high five without obliterating each other, but the alt text didn't indicate anything like this and I looked again and realised I had read way too much into it. It's probably most sensible to interpret the speed multiples as relating to the first belts, not the last one you were on. This makes the difference between the '5x' belts going at 5x the speed of the outer ones, instead of 100x if each was the specified multiple of the last. If this alternative situation were the case, the outer belts would have to be going very slowly (of the order of 0.1m/s) for them to ever be able to high five. [[Special:Contributions/77.99.26.23|77.99.26.23]] 12:00, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 The appears reminiscent of Improv Everywhere's prank, "High-Five Escalator" http://improveverywhere.com/2009/02/09/high-five-escalator/ [[User:JamesCurran|JamesCurran]] ([[User talk:JamesCurran|talk]])
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 I don't see why anyone would think the "5x speed" etc would mean 5 times the previous tile.  Seems obvious to me that the first tile is moving at some speed, the second tile is moving twice that base speed, the third moving 3x that base, etc.  So when the pass each other their moving at 10x the base speed.  Assuming the base speed is something reasonable, something near  a typical walking speed, the high five would take place at a speed similar to if they were just sprinting past each other.  Hardly a "ridiculous speed which would make it impossible to high five without obliterating each other." [[Special:Contributions/67.51.59.66|67.51.59.66]] 16:58, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 Does anyone think this may be a reference to "The Caves of Steel" a novel by Isaac Asimov?  As I recall there was a global system of moving belts of various speeds that were used for transportation.

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	:As an edit to this, I was correct. This is a mirror of the comic on Gizmodo, showing the error. http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18f07q9hveoaepng/xlarge.png {{unsigned\|‎77.98.193.149}}		:As an edit to this, I was correct. This is a mirror of the comic on Gizmodo, showing the error. http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18f07q9hveoaepng/xlarge.png {{unsigned\|‎77.98.193.149}}
	:And it seems that when fixing it, Randall changed all the arrows, rather than moving the people. [[User:JamesCurran\|JamesCurran]] ([[User talk:JamesCurran\|talk]])		:And it seems that when fixing it, Randall changed all the arrows, rather than moving the people. [[User:JamesCurran\|JamesCurran]] ([[User talk:JamesCurran\|talk]])
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		+	I wonder, what is the pace of the centerbelt? Is it 5x, 6x or maybe about 5x where that belt start, accelerating to 7x (or even more?) at the high five location and then slowing down till about 5x at the end? [[Special:Contributions/86.82.116.63\|86.82.116.63]] 16:30, 19 February 2013 (UTC)